tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45941779318776861222018-11-01T11:29:25.745-05:00Khaled Hamid ForumJust the thoughts of an American Muslim on politics, Religion and Muslim community issues.Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-56951247109553840622016-02-13T11:18:00.002-06:002016-02-13T11:18:27.790-06:00Many things are gone, but not what we hoped for on Feb 11 2011
On a glorious day, I and many others felt the world has changed; that the will of people managed to take down a cancer called Mubarak and his criminal regime of corrupt military, security forces, judiciary and aristocracy.
We truly thought he was gone.
We truly thought Egypt was ready for a fresh start.
And We were wrong, and wrong big time. Military Cancer is never gone.
Since then, Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-58720111309946995882016-01-31T22:01:00.007-06:002016-01-31T22:03:08.819-06:00The Sun May Set, But There Are Things That Shine On Forever.
The Sun May Set,
But There Are Things That Shine On Forever.
Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-3937019187677259922016-01-25T18:06:00.002-06:002016-01-25T18:06:51.503-06:00Ten minutes to midnight
When the clock reads ten minutes to midnight, then something happens. Something special that reminds you that it is really 'ten minutes to midnight' in a grand fatalistic sense.
The heart begins to recall all the regrets.The soul yearns for a second chance that will never come again.And, the mind - that cruel master - hits the breaks on the heart and soul, reminding you of all what made you Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-59102229338644087472016-01-20T12:00:00.000-06:002016-01-20T12:00:01.841-06:00They are Blind, and Proud of it
A group of people appeared moving around with there eye tightly shut, bumping into one another. They look lost. They look like they cannot see where they are heading.
A passerby looked at them in their purposeless chaotic movement with their eyes closed.
The stranger said:
"Open your eyes. It is better for you to see where you are going".
"But there is not light, so what is the Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-20852651708313147832016-01-17T12:38:00.000-06:002016-01-17T12:41:47.381-06:00Sit This One Out, Please - for REAL People's Sake
I am not optimistic about any real change on the ground this coming January 25th. I will be praying for success, but I know the odds are not at all good - pretty slim in fact- and the price to be paid by the REAL revolutionaries will be very high. But I hope for some success to keep the flame alive for a little longer.
Just please, do not go out if you were one of those that called for and Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-38792726527472626502016-01-16T06:32:00.000-06:002016-01-16T09:28:06.030-06:00Life is a tease!
Life is beautiful, but can be cruel, bringing within your reach something you have always longed for at a time when you cannot reach for and have it.
Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-4545746936724372252016-01-15T23:21:00.005-06:002016-01-16T09:57:53.637-06:00When Magical and Real meet
It is at that point where magical meets real that memorable moments are born.
Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-30830901024118293752012-09-13T21:02:00.001-05:002012-09-13T21:08:42.243-05:00When righteous indignation is not righteous at all
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You all probably know by now that the so called trial of the century for Mubarak, the deposed president f Egypt, his Minster of Interior, Al-Adly, Mubarak's children and 6 most senior assistants of the Minister of Interiors has ended with a fizzle.
Mubarak and al-Adly received life sentences (that I am certain will be reversed on appeal), and ALL the others got acquitted.
A lot of Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-51934110916978724682012-04-02T00:23:00.000-05:002012-04-02T00:23:37.048-05:00Islamic Parties may rule Egypt, but Islam does not<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>
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mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4ptKhaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-72153218296984258502011-09-18T19:33:00.001-05:002011-09-21T13:21:06.878-05:00'Religious' road to hatred and How the Quran sees the 'other'Edited portions of a speech I gave before a church in St. Louis, Missouri, on the 10th annual remembrance of September 11 EventsSeptember-11 did not change the face of the world. It just made it easier for a lot of ugly feelings and restrictive policies to come to the surface in an explicit and unashamed way, sadly with very little resistance from us – the people, wherever in the world we live Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-49391761530823303432011-08-22T23:56:00.002-05:002011-08-22T23:58:39.979-05:00Somehow, Israel will not be there for a long time.Another good article by the always-level-headed Akiva Eldar. Unfortunately, and despite people like him, Israel is doomed no matter how many nuclear weapons or superpowers are at its disposal. Arrogance and supremacy are ingrained in Israeli mindset - and that is inconsistent with long-term survival. Remember apartheid South Africa, anyone?When Israeli arrogance meets Arab honor - Haaretz Daily Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-52035426016262142692011-06-11T22:08:00.004-05:002011-07-03T00:40:21.813-05:00Are religious fundamentalists really in the center of God's attention?Religious fundamentalists and groups on the religious right in general think they are very special. That arrogance, of course, occurs across the board, whether they are Muslim, Christian or Jewish. Many do not only think that they are the only ones that will ever get to paradise, but frequently they think they are in the center of God's attention, and that the whole universe has been Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-47693371563061279432011-06-06T22:36:00.007-05:002011-06-08T11:58:24.302-05:00Slavery and Islam: A topic that should have been settled 1500 years ago, but it did notThere is a tremendous amount of Islamophobia out there. A lot of it is a result of genuine racism, vicious xenophobia, political posturing and regular good-old mean spirited people. But some of it is also avoidable if some Muslims do not carry on living like extreme idiots in some cases, and like racist bigoted hateful people who just use Islam to cover up for their evil spirits with a facade Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-89043127306819571802011-06-05T23:08:00.001-05:002011-06-05T23:26:51.373-05:00Freedom for Palestine - A great song and videoThe lyrics and the images are fabulous. I need say no more.
Khaled Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-86815745072288422442011-05-25T20:58:00.002-05:002011-06-09T10:49:05.468-05:00Hassan Nasralla and the Universal Nature of Selective MoralitySome events in one's life, as much as in humanity's conscience, are demarcation lines where what is right is clear, and what is wrong is clear. Individuals and societies decide for themselves on which side of the demarcation line they would stand. And their choice will be registered in the collective conscience of history.
We are witnessing some of these events that have been evolving over theKhaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-71823261715463244312011-05-20T20:59:00.003-05:002011-05-20T22:23:06.051-05:00Crossing the line for sake of justiceI came across this on a very decent Israeli blog called +972 Magazine that Michael W, and occasional reader and commenter on this forum has brought to my attention few months ago.
This exemplifies the inadequate recognition of the beautiful human beings (in this case, Just and peace loving Jews and Jewish Israelis) who cross the line of tribalism and religious clannish tendencies to seek and Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-81757593624225316042011-03-17T23:12:00.001-05:002011-06-09T10:50:17.010-05:00Shari'a in Egypt's Constitution: Leave it there or Take it out?One of the problematic issues about the Egyptian constitution, currently under renovation, is Article No. 2, stating that the "principles of Islamic Shari'a are the principal source of legislation" in Egypt.The article was introduced in the constitution few decades ago, during the time Sadat was appeasing the rightwing religious group in an attempt to stifle liberal secular groups, particularly Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-79013663309687911192011-02-23T10:34:00.001-06:002011-02-23T11:27:20.678-06:00My tears are flowing againThe last 3 weeks have been more emotional than anyone can imagine. I do not think I had cried in my whole life than I did the last few weeks, with all that was going in Egypt. And the tears continued out of joy off and on since then, especially thinking of the those who lost their blood so that the rest of their fellow Egyptians can feel the pride of the rebirth of the Egyptian nation.
I had aKhaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-61170439333358791132011-02-11T11:32:00.002-06:002011-02-11T11:45:36.705-06:00Now it is official.Thanks to Slama, fellow Egyptian blogger. She checked the Wikipedia entry on Egypt's ex, and it has been changed.
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسني سيد مبارك‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mæˈħæmːæd ˈħosni ˈsæjːed moˈbɑːɾɑk], Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak; born May 4, 1928[1]) was the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011.
.......On February 11, 2011, Vice President Omar Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-84275482014256210062011-02-11T10:22:00.000-06:002011-02-11T10:22:50.662-06:00He is goneKhaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-126989209152432172011-02-10T10:15:00.000-06:002011-02-10T10:15:44.429-06:00It seems the momentum is building to cross the finish lineKhaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-59148054823682144532011-02-10T09:49:00.002-06:002011-02-10T09:51:55.961-06:00Today may be THE DAY for EGYPTTwenty minutes ago the supreme council of the armed forces declared:
"Declaration Number 1: The council is in permanent session to see what need to be done to protect the country AND the gains and the ambitions of Egypt's people."
I cannot wait for Declaration #2.
Khaled Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-16028165162529527832011-02-08T12:37:00.001-06:002011-02-08T12:38:23.473-06:00Change For Egypt: A re-post from Salma's BlogThis a great post by Sala, the young Egyptian blogger I mentioned several times before. I like the way she writes. And the way she expresses her thoughts are very moving. She, gracefully, gave me permission to re-post her latest blog entry.
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Change for Egypt.. I do not even know how to start this post..i am over-whelmed by all the love i am seeing from Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594177931877686122.post-20184538117359524902011-02-08T11:19:00.000-06:002011-02-08T11:19:48.263-06:00The first song written for the Revolution in EgyptSalma, a young Egyptian blogger and frequent commenter on this forum has provided me with a link to what possibly could be the first song written specifically for the January 25 revolution.
It has a great beat, beautiful lyrics, and the video is pretty moving. It is sung by Mouhammad Mounir, a well know and respected Egyptian singer.
Thanks so much Salma for the link. I am sure more and more Khaledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10331670117235466721noreply@blogger.com1